New: Snape's Dislike Of Harry Finally Explained

[Redrosewitch]

Good to see Hogwarts Mystery getting a plug! I'm really loving the game, a Year 6 Hufflepuff. Definitely a bonus to have Tonks as a housemate.

Snape is a fascinating character. We never know quite where we are with him. He gives us opportunities both to admire him and to loathe him. That's some great writing on the part of J K Rowling.

[Tacoking]

People forget that although Snape was bullied, he was a bully himself in school and after. We don’t get to see scenes of it but as a reader we are told that Snape didn’t hesitate to curse James and Sirius behind their backs as well. He had friends at school that he was open only planning to join the death eaters after graduation with. His story is tragic and indicative of a victim of generational trauma. His only redeeming quality was that he could love someone as deeply as he loved Lilly, even then his desires to serve Voldemort are the only reason he didn’t marry Lilly himself. James didn’t steal her, Snape pushed her away.

[Wmuthoni]

JK Rowlings stated that there's nothing as bad as a teacher who bullies their students to settle old scores with their parents for whatever slights that were inflicted upon them. I concur with her that such incidences occur more often than most people would like to admit. I recall in primary school grade 5 one of my classmates incurred the ire of my homeroom teacher who often verbally berated him whenever he made even the smallest and unintentional mistakes. My homeroom teacher would often yelled at the poor kid that he was just like his father a hard headed little devil hell bent on wrecking mischief and god forbid that anyone in class took his side we would also incur her wrath and be labeled as little devils too.

[ivanhunter]

He was reminded of James whenever he looked at Harry

[gamingchinchilla]

Snape: "Ten hundred kadrillion billion house points.... from Gr'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'iffindor."
Harry: "Oh piss off, Adam Driver!"

[thestanleys]

Resentment of the father(james) projected on the son(harry)

[COtrucker]

⚡️'s first words about Snape: Who is that man?
⚡️'s final words about Snape:
The bravest man I ever knew.

[BlackSteelKeyChain]

Snape’s gradual fall into darkness was a play of almost all factors all working in unison to push him into it. His family, friends, enemies, and even environment all worked lock step in pushing him farther into it with the sole thing not being lily. Yes it lead to their falling out but when you look at sheer contrast between the amount of influential factors it would’ve been a miracle if it didn’t end that way seeing as the overwhelming amount of factors going against him turning to the light. After lily he had 0 reason to be on the side of the light and all the reason not to so of course he did that at first who wouldn’t. No one wants to be alone. The greater feat in my opinion is a person in this same scenario still going against the overwhelming tide of influences and turn his back on the darkness that all accepted and respected him and side with the light that all unanimously rejected him. People are products of equal parts nature and nurture and when one goes against the other it just hinders all their potential as we see with snape. Imagine what he could’ve done with a healthy loving family and friends from the start he couldn’t been the next Dumbledore tbh such a shame. Lesson here to not bully I guess

[wickdaline]

It was never Harry's fault that his late dad was an ass to Severus.

[brandonmiles]

It certainly had to do with Snapes bitterness about Lily, her death, him being ripped from the life he had made with the death eaters at the right hand of the dark Lord, and Harry representing James. But I think once Harry's first year was over and it was clear Voldemort was trying to come back, I think that arc of behavior had so much to do with occlumency. Any moment of caring or love towards Harry could've been used to undermine Snapes ability to protect Harry. Not just by getting inside of Harrys mind but those around him, such as Malfoy. I'm fairly certain that Voldemort, while staying at Malfoy Manor, would have used occlumency on Draco to search his memories about Harry in his developing years. If Draco had witnessed Snape being nice towards Harry even once, it could've destroyed everything.

[javiergalarraga]

Another flawless video. Thank you very much from Quito, Ecuador!

[CidVeldoril]

Snape's background is a tragedy. I'm wholly convinced that with the amount of talent and skill he had, he could've eclipsed both Voldemort and even Dumbledore in time, if he had actually had the chance to keep "growing".

[TheSaneHatter]

It's hard to underestimate the importance of Snape's Slytherin partisanship in this story: you'd think he would have welcomed a student as bright as Hermione, no matter who she was, so one has to wondering how he'd have treated her if she was a Slytherin.

[paulyb]

@HarryPotterFolklore Also, Snape hated and bullied Neville Longbottom so much (to the point of becoming Neville's worst fear) because if Voldemort had chosen to go after Neville rather than Harry, Lily would still be alive

[realJoeMavro]

7:24 Personally, I suspect that another reason Snape was often at odds with Hermione was because she reminded him of Lily.

[professorsassafras]

Snape never viewed himself as a hypocrite who plays favorites but he has always veiwed himself as a defenfender of innocent Slytherin

[ronoc]

All I can say is “Well said” about the message about the books

[harrypotter-gmvs]

but Snape couldn't have met Bellatrix in their Hogwarts years. Bellatrix attended Hogwarts in 1962 which means if you do the math, finished in 1969 or 1970. And Snape started at Hogwarts in 1971. they must've met after joining Voldemort's gang. But he could've known Regulus or Barty Jr. or the 2 death eaters that lilly mentioned in that memory.

[zaqattack]

Y'know Snape could've truly honored Lily by being the father Harry wasn't able to have. But instead because he's let his anger get in the way it took him dying to actually open up to Harry. And people like this character?

[paulyb]

@HarryPotterFolkore How do you think Snape would have felt about Regulus Black (who, like Harry, also greatly resembled someone who Snape despised)?